King James Version

Daniel 4:5

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Daniel 4:2.

חֵ֥לֶםchelemdreamחֵלֶםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “dream”, the ordinary formH2493a dreamdream.חֲזֵ֖יתchazeytbe wontחֲזָאverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be wont”, a completed actionH2370to gaze upon; mentally to dream, be usual (i.e. seem)behold, have (a dream), see, be wont.וִֽידַחֲלִנַּ֑נִיvidachalinaniand fearדְּחַלconjunction, verb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and fear”, an unfinished actionH1763to slink, i.e. (by implication) to fear, or (causatively) be formidablemake afraid, dreadful, fear, terrible.וְהַרְהֹרִין֙veharhorinand thoughtהַרְהֹרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and thought”, the ordinary formH2031a mental conceptionthought.עַֽלalagainstעַלpreposition — “against”H5922{above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications}about, against, concerning, for, (there-) fore, from, in, [idiom] more, of, (there-, up-) on, (in-) to, [phrase] why with.מִשְׁכְּבִ֔יmishkevibedמִשְׁכַּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4903a bedbed.וְחֶזְוֵ֥יvechezveand lookחֵזֵוconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “and look”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2376a sightlook, vision.רֵאשִׁ֖יreshiheadרֵאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7217the head; figuratively, the sumchief, head, sum.יְבַהֲלֻנַּֽנִיyevahalunanitroubleבְּהַלverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “trouble”, an unfinished actionH927to terrify, hastenin haste, trouble.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(4-2) I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Young’s Literal Translation

a dream I have seen, and it maketh me afraid, and the conceptions on my bed, and the visions of my head, do trouble me.

World English Bible

I saw a dream which made me afraid; and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Darby Translation

I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

Douay-Rheims

Till their colleague Daniel came in before me, whose name is Baltassar, according to the name of my god, who hath in him the spirit of the holy gods: and I told the dream before him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(4-2) I saw a dream which made me afraid; and imaginings upon my bed and the visions of my head affrighted me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

It seemed good to me to declare to you the signs and wonders which the most high God has wrought with me,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὰ σημεῖα καὶ τὰ τέρατα ἃ ἐποίησε μετʼ ἐμοῦ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ὕψιστος,